_To insure that files you have uploaded to your Moodle course, refer
to the accessibility guide for the program used to create the file:_
* WORD DOCUMENTS
* Creating accessible Word documents
[https://support.office.microsoft.com/en-us/article/Crea...

_It is possible (with just a few extra steps) to accommodate students
who have received clearance from the CLASS office to receive
additional time to complete Moodle quizzes._
* Click on the link to the (already created) quiz on the home page of
the co...

_Once you have created your discussion groups
[http://go.augsburg.edu/creategroups] , you can easily assign them to
separate discussion forums. _
* If you have not already done so, create a forum
[http://go.augsburg.edu/moodleforum]. Provide thorough d...

_The Accessibility block allows students to customize Moodle to their
visual needs. It supports changing of text sizes and color schemes.
The block includes the "ATBar." This provides extra tools and
customization options, including dictionary lookup and
...

The blocks (left margin) in your Moodle course can be customized
(moved up and down in the queue as well as added or subtracted). If
you discover a block is missing (e.g., the Quickmail, Accessibility,
or Calendar block), you can easily add it to your cou...

_While images are not crucial to a good Moodle site, images do play a
role in focusing students' attention, breaking up blocks of text, and
supporting your course content. It is very easy to add images to a
Moodle label [http://go.augsburg.edu/moodlelabel...

* Log in to the instructor's computer in the classroom.
* Locate and open the AirServer app by clicking the shortcut on the
desktop of the computer in the classroom. (If you see a warning about
a firewall, click "I already have my firewall set up").
...

_The Moodle Attendance activity can be used to assess student
engagement in online Forum discussions, as well as attendance in
face-to-face classes. Doing so gives students an accurate assessment
of their progress in the course and provides instructors wi...

_The Moodle Attendance activity can be used to assess repeating
assignments throughout the semester (like student journals), as well
as attendance in face-to-face classes. Doing so gives students an
accurate assessment of their progress in the course and ...

BEFORE THE ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCE
* Zoom "Basic" accounts allow unlimited time connections between two
locations. Everyone on campus can have a Basic account connected to
their Augsburg account. For 3 or more locations requiring connections
longer than 4...

It has been commonly reported that Macs running Mountain Lion are
struggling to connect to printers on campus.
If you are struggling with this same problem, this guide could really
help you! Follow the steps below, which include the normal process to
c...

This article will provide you with instructions on how to connect your
ChromeBook with our Augsburg wireless network.
* Click the Wifi icon at the botton on the task bar, then select "No
network".
* In the EAP method tab, select PEAP.
* For the Se...

When an alum, student, staff, or faculty member changes their password
for their Luther Seminary email, they will need to update it on their
phone as well (not all users have it on their phones, this is for
those who do).
Passwords need to be changed on...

_Quizzes are an effective learning tool to increase student engagement
and gauge student participation. Especially for the online or hybrid
student, frequent, low-stake quizzes provide students with a tool for
self-assessment and an external motivator to ...

_Most instructors post their syllabi on Moodle as a Word doc or PDF.
However, their are many benefits to copying & pasting your syllabus
into a Moodle page (a web page accessible only within your course).
For one thing, a page is much more accessible to s...

The course evaluation system has a "Survey Intelligence" report that
allows you to see your scaled responses across multiple classes.
This video explains how to use the report. I suggest having the video
open in one tab and the course evaluation system
...

Once you have your ArcGIS Online account set up (see link at the
bottom of this article for info on requesting an account), you can
begin creating maps and apps. The first step is to create a map in
ArcGIS. The map, along with multi-media (e.g., audio, vi...

_A Moodle "Page" is a separate Web page that is viewable only within
the course. If you have a lot of content, you may want to place this
on a separate Page to streamline the appearance of your course. In
addition, a Page can be edited directly in Moodle ...

Quizzes are an effective learning tool to increase student engagement
and gauge student participation. Especially for the online or hybrid
student, frequent, low-stake quizzes provide students with a tool for
self-assessment and an external motivator to c...

_There are two advanced grading methods in Moodle--the Grading Guide
(for more information on this, see Creating a Moodle Grading Guide
[http://go.augsburg.edu/markingguide]) and a Rubric. A Moodle Rubric
is an advanced grading method that provides consis...

HOW TO CREATE ACCESSIBLE PDFS:
It is important to create accessible PDF files for anyone who needs or
find it helpful to use screen reading software. Some people can only
interface with a PDF by using a screen reader and others may find it
helpful for co...

ADD INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT OFFICE STAFF TO SPECIFIC SECTIONS ON
THEIR CONTACT PAGE
This only applies to the Institutional Advancement office.
IA has a contact page that separates its staff into 4 sections:
Leadership, Philanthropy & Support, Engage...

_The Moodle Gradebook offers the option of dropping the lowest grade
out of a collection of items. In order to leverage this feature, you
must first create a category [http://go.augsburg.edu/addcategory] and
then move grade items into that category
[http:...

_Instructors can streamline their course building by duplicating
Moodle Resources and Activities._
* Create the desired activity or resource according to the following
directions:
* Creating a Moodle Forum [http://go.augsburg.edu/moodleforum]
* Cr...

Completion tracking in Moodle enables assignments to be marked as
complete either by the students or by Moodle when certain criteria is
completed by participants. Items marked as complete are indicated by a
check box to the right of the item. Enabling thi...

_You can do a quick check of student participation in a Moodle Forum
by running a report on how many times a student posts to a specific
forum._
* In the Administration block of the course, click on "Reports" and
then on "Course participation."
* In ...

Once your Augsburg email account has been migrated over to Augsburg
Gmail, you will have to use the information on the link below to
establish a forward going from your Augsburg Gmail account to an
external email account.
http://support.google.com/m...

The link for the GAE (Google Apps for Education) Resource list of
shared group email accounts and calendars is only available on campus
or remotely, via RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol). Once IT has set up a
resource for a shared group purpose, non-IT staff ...

_In the settings for Moodle forums, the term "Ratings" (rather than
"Grade") is where you will indicate the maximum points possible for
the assignment. The following step-by-step process is for a forum
assignment that asks students to make an initial post...

The Assignment activity in this year's version of Moodle has some
significant changes for grading. View this video
[https://youtu.be/NCoo7OfIsrs] to learn about the new features.
(keywords:legacy grade, advanced grade, PDF grading)
http://go.augsburg.edu...

_Annotate video clips you already have by adding interactive elements
such as quiz questions and summaries using the H5P activity. If you
record a new video, consider indicating "it is time for a question" in
the narration to mark the moments when you wil...

_If you hear from students that they are not able to post to one of
your Moodle discussion forums, it may be due to those forums being set
to use groups but you have not put students into your groups yet.
Those forums won't work for students until you do....

It may be helpful to hide individual activities and resources when
building a course where students have access to the course. You can
also hide the entire course or a section of a course (see links at the
end of this article). Here are the steps to hide ...

_Grading Guides are scoring charts that list a series of criteria for
an assignment and establish a range of possible points for each. Your
instructors may use a Grading Guide to provide you with feedback on
your work. Here is how to access your graded Gr...

_Rubrics are scoring charts that list a range of criteria for an
assignment and establish benchmarks with reasonable and appropriate
expectations for varying levels of mastery. Your instructors may use
Moodle Rubrics to provide you with feedback on your w...

_Regardless of whether students submit assignments online (by
attaching a file or entering text directly into a text box) or offline
(by handing in a hard copy of a paper or delivering a face-to-face,
oral presentation), the Moodle Assignment activity off...

This guide will show you how to record a session of everything that
happens on your Mac's screen. This can be a handy trick.
You will use the program QUICKTIME to do this. This program comes
built into the Mac. [1]
[Step 1] Open Quicktime out of ...

Try the following troubleshooting steps if you receive either of the
following error messages when attempting to open a word document
e-mail attachment:
“THE DOCUMENT NAME OR PATH IS INVALID.”
“THE DOCUMENT MAY APPEAR TO BE DAMAGED AND MAY BE UNRECOVE...

1. Go to the Control Panel (you can do this by right-clicking on the
Windows icon in the lower-left hand corner)
2. Go to the Action Center
(Steps 1 & 2 can be bypassed by searching for "Action Center")
3. From here, you can turn on Windows Defender

_The attendance activity in Moodle allows you to keep track of student
attendance during face-to-face class sessions. It can also be used to
track participation as well as attendance
[http://go.augsburg.edu/participate] and/or holistically assess
engageme...

_Whether you are assigning number grades or simply tallying
participation in your Moodle forums, there may be times when you want
to view all of the posts (responses and replies) submitted by a
specific student to a particular Moodle Forum. The following ...

A number of processes explained in this article are beneficial for the
work of Department Chairs. Establishing regular communication with
your LFC (Liaison for Computing) will enable IT to best support the
needs of your department.
AAC (ACADEMIC AFFAIRS...

_Recent changes to Moodle mean there is just ONE method for importing
content from a different Moodle course (regardless of whether it is a
current or previous Academic year). If you are NOT an instructor of
the course you are seeking to import, you will ...

This article addresses common questions posed by faculty who are
transitioning from full-time teaching to retirement. Department heads
review a list of faculty associated with their department and mark any
accounts which need to be deleted, usually instru...

Sometimes when troubleshooting issues on Macs with MS Office, it can
help to uninstall and reinstall MS Office.
Look up how to uninstall MS Office from a Mac online. You will need to
show the Library folder for both the hard drive and the user's home
fo...

1. Go to the start up page by clicking on the following link
http://go.augsburg.edu/msoffice [http://go.augsburg.edu/msoffice]
2. Enter your Augsburg email address on the text box and click on
"Sign up". Check your inbox for an email similar to the one ...

E-Prime is used in our Psychology Labs, primarily by Professor Ben
Denkinger. Professors Evren Guler and Nancy Steblay may also use
E-Prime. Windows 10 comes with .NET 4.0, so .NET 3.5 will need to be
installed for E-Prime 2.0 to work. E-Prime 3.0 has bee...

Recent changes to the Moodle Dashboard limits your ability to
customize the positioning of courses in the Course Overview queue. The
directions that follow make it possible to revert to the legacy
version of the Course Overview block on your Moodle Dashbo...

An Index page is located in each faculty's www folder who has a
professionally designed page created by Marketing on
http://www.augsburg.edu/faculty [http://www.augsburg.edu/faculty]. The
index page contains redirect code to send the user who clicks the
d...

HTTP://WWW.LUTHERSEM.EDU/LIBRARY/DEFAULT.ASPX?M=6104
[HTTP://WWW.LUTHERSEM.EDU/LIBRARY/DEFAULT.ASPX?M=6104]
FOR ALUMNI WHO WANT TO ACCESS ARTICLES AND PERIODICALS, THEY OFTEN TRY
TO GO ONTO THE LUTHER SEMINARY WEBSITE AND SEARCH IN THE ATLA
DATABASE.
...

_Jake (from Events) moves the zoom cart, but he is not in charge of
troubleshooting it! _
Steps to Using the Zoom Cart
1. Before doing anything else, make sure that the following are turned
on:
* Mouse
* Keyboard
* TV
* Dell Computer
2. Plu...

IF YOU ARE A STUDENT:
1. Login to MyLutherNet.
2. Near the top right corner (Under where it says "Welcome back
(Name)"), click on Personal Info.
3. Then, click on "Biographical Info".
4. Click the pencil icon that is next to the "Name, Address, an...

At Luther Seminary, IT used to handle print jobs. These were done on a
giant printer in the Help desk office, which is now gone.
Any print jobs henceforth need to go to Augsburg University's Copy
Center.
_See the attached documents (in the attachments...

This article will explain the basics of how to create a map using
ArcGIS Online, a cloud-based mapping platform.
* Log into ArcGIS Online: https://www.arcgis.com/home/index.html
[https://www.arcgis.com/home/index.html]
* Select "Map" from the horizont...

YouTube videos can be made available to the wider community for
enabling volunteers to add closed-captioning.
* Use media transcription standards such as those adopted by the FCC.
These include: accurate spelling, sentence case, proper grammar and
punct...

The Workflow setting in Moodle Assignments allows you to finish
marking all students' submissions before releasing them to the
gradebook. Workflow has 6 states (Not graded, In grading, Grading
Completed, In review, Ready for release, and Released) to allo...

_There may be situations (e.g., in-class quizzes or writing
assignments, presentations, etc.) where students are not going to
submit work through Moodle, but you want to provide feedback and add
the grade in the Moodle gradebook. The BEST way to do this i...

_The easiest way to import course content from a previous semester is
to use the Faculty Course Archive block. Click here
[http://go.augsburg.edu/courserestor] for an article about that
process. However, there are some instances when it might be necessary...

_The E-Learning Team recommends that all instructors install the
Moodle Course Template (a pre-formatted pattern that incorporates
online course design best-practices) in their course(s). The template
is intended as a time-saver for instructors, but it al...

Customize your Moodle dashboard to see all courses (instead of them
appearing on Future / In Progress / Past tabs).
The Course Overview block should now be expanded by default.
* If the Course Overview block is collapsed, then click the plus sign
in th...

Do you miss having a way to search for a course on Moodle or miss the
course categories? This how-to article explains how to access these
items.
* Click the plus sign to expand the Navigation block.
* Click the "Courses" link at the bottom of the bloc...

_The Moodle Dashboard is designed to help you organize your courses
according to the Academic Calendar, so they appear under a tab
according to the start and end dates of the semester/term._
* Until the first day of the semester, your courses are visib...

To change the Course and Category totals so that they are listed first
on the SETUP tab, configure the settings as follows:
For example:
* From the Administration block > Gradebook Setup > Course grade
settings tab > General settings section, change th...

Use the Gradebook View (Tri-)Toggle button to temporarily change what
appears in the Grader report (spreadsheet view for instructors). To
permanently change the order of the Course Total column, see other
knowledgebase article links at the bottom of this ...

To change the way in which _only_ the Course Total displays:
* From the Administration block, click "Gradebook Setup".
* Click the top "Edit" link under the Actions column.
* Under the "Category total" section > the "Grade display type" needs
to b...

By default, grade items appear as the "Real" values in the Moodle
gradebook, generally this results in the points earned being
displayed. To change the format all grade items:
* From the Administration block, click "Gradebook Setup".
* Click the "Co...

Students are always on the go. The Moodle Mobile App helps students
have access to course material, upload assignments, and participate in
forums without the use of a computer.
* Go to the app store on your SMART phone. Search for "Moodle", and
download...

_It is important that ALL content on a Moodle course is accessible,
including Multimedia._
* If you are providing a link to an online video in your Moodle
course, check to see if the video player on the host website features
a Closed Caption option.
...

_Instructors sometimes hesitate to administer quizzes online because
they cannot be proctored as they are in the face-to-face classroom.
They must assume the quiz will be "open book" and also cannot rule out
the possibility that students might "share" inf...

_The Sharing Cart is a block for duplicating course items into a
personal library and an easy way to move those Moodle resources and
activities between multiple courses on your site. With just three
clicks, the Sharing Cart copies and moves a single cours...

This article will help you mount your network folders in Linux:
* To mount your Student drive in Linux you will first need to install
the _ncpmount _application:
From the terminal under Fedora flavors of Linux:
sudo yum install ncpmount
enter [su...

New items added to a Moodle course end up at the end of the grade
book. To move items individually or as a group to a different category
or chronology, follow these steps:
* From the main course page under the Administration block, click
"Gradebook set...

Under certain conditions, some browsers can confuse the location of
sections within a moodle course after attempting drag and drop them to
other locations on the page. If after trying different browsers you
continue to encounter this problem, look to the ...

We would actually recommend that the instructor just take his entire
VoiceThread account with him rather than trying to move the content
offline.
He'll need your help or ours with this, though. If you can remove him
from your
license, his account will be ...

OUTLET POWER NOT WORKING ON THE WEEKENDS
There is one outlet in every office that is a controlled receptacle.
The controlled receptacles turn off at 12:00 AM and back on at 6:00
AM. This is required by current building codes. These receptacles are
supp...

There is a new way to print at Augsburg! Instead of installing
individual printers, you will install one print queue which will hold
your print job. Then you will go to any printer set up to work with
the queue and scan your fob. Tap your print job on the...

_Realtime quizzing in Moodle is a synchronous polling device (similar
to iClickers and Poll Everywhere) that operates within your Moodle
course. Instructors create multiple-choice questions, and students
logged into their Moodle course respond on their ow...

Augsburg College provides its student, faculty and staff the ability
to use Windows 7 and certain windows applications over the internet,
via a remote session to a server. This service is known as RemoteLab.
_LEARN MORE ABOUT REMOTELAB HERE!_ [http://go...

Tips for removing marks on projection screens in classrooms:
Use a cloth of some sort with Goo Gone and/or Hand sanitizer. Rub the
mark with cloth and one of the liquids until it is removed (Elbow
Grease).
Magic erasers may also remove some marks.

WHAT IS ARCGIS ONLINE? GIS stands for Graphic Information System. The
Online version of ArcGIS allows one to use, create, and share maps,
layers, analytics, and data. Arc mapping software is created by ESRI
(Environmental Systems Research Institute).
Ba...

Screencasting (an audio/visual recording of everything that happens on
an instructor's screen along with any verbal commentary the instructor
supplies), is an exciting option for giving feedback on student work
or providing just in time teaching about a c...

Nancy Steblay has requested a manual local account be created, however
this has been deemed unnecessary and students can use their own
logins. Expected to change in Fall 2018.
The current account is Psystudies and has a password which Nancy knows
and sh...

Participants who are joining a Zoom meeting (not hosting) can access
the meeting in the following way.
Note: The very first time you join a Zoom meeting from a particular
computer, you will be prompted to download and install the program.
Follow the promp...

You may need to sign into the VoiceThread interface after clicking the
link to open a VoiceThread presentation. This article explains two
ways of ensuring you are signed in so that you can comment in the
multi-media forum which VoiceThread provides.
OPTI...

SITEIMPROVE PROCESS
It is used to monitor accessibility issues with the sites on it.
Scott and Joe are full admin. Laura, Jim, and Erin have editing access
to a point. They can assign users access/take access away.
BOTH WWW.AUGSBURG.EDU [http://...

The Otter.ai mobile app works on iPhone as well as Android devices.
This app is useful for recording interviews which it translates from
speech to text using artificial intelligence. The transcription is
completely automated. Although it does not promise ...

Beginning in Fall of 2017, the link for students to view their grades
has moved to a dropdown menu accessed by clicking on their profile in
the upper right corner of the course.
*
* This will take you to a page where you can see links to all of the
...

WHAT TECHNOLOGY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR MEETINGS?
* LFCs would love to show a new tech tool or tip for 5 minutes at
Department meetings.
* Allow extra time for setup and audio/video troubleshooting if
using web conferencing software.
* Share presen...

_The "Standard forum for general use" is the default choice in Moodle.
However, the layout of the standard forum means instructors must open
each thread separately, making it difficult to simultaneously assess
quantity (number of posts/replies as required...

_The Moodle Attendance activity can be used to assess student
participation as well as attendance. Doing so gives students an
accurate assessment of their progress in the course, and provides
instructors with a comprehensive record of their students' enga...

EDTPA programs often require students to upload videos to TK20; the
submissions are usually restricted by a maximum allowable file size,
and so the clips must be trimmed and compressed to meet this
requirement. The following steps will guide you through t...

Both Word and Google Docs word processing have built-in document
language settings that you can change to Spanish. For Word, "review"
tab --> "language"; for Google Docs, "file" --> "language" -->
"Espanol". This will provide an auto-correct function for ...

_Instructional content added to a Moodle course must be accessible.
This guide will primarily cover how to make content created within the
Moodle text editor accessible (compatible with assistive technologies
like screenreaders). For uploaded files, refer...

Zoom's Waiting Room feature can be turned on when the identity of
those invited to meet via video conferencing needs to remain
confidential while keeping the ease of using the same Zoom personal
meeting URL. The host will use the "Participants pane" to se...

This knowledgebase article covers the following topics: set up your
Augsburg Zoom account, connecting to meetings, and commonly used
features of Zoom. The first time you connect to Zoom from a computer,
you will be prompted to download and install the pro...